| 北村
Kitamura | /Family name (north village)/ |
| 結婚
kékkòn | marriage |
| 結婚する
keḱkon-sùru | to get married |
| 結婚している
kekkon-shite (i)ru | to be married |
| 結婚していない、結婚してない
(keḱkon-shite (i)nài) | not be married |
| 愛
ai | love, affection |
| 結婚式
keḱkòn-shiki | wedding |
| 結婚記念日
keḱkon-kinèn-bi | wedding anniversary |
| 見合い結婚
(miai-kekkon) | marriage from an arranged meeting |
| 恋愛結婚
rén'ai-kekkòn | love marriage |
| 離婚
rikon | divorce (n) |
| 離婚する
rikon-suru | to get divorced |
| 奥さん
ôkusan | wife (out-group) /polite/ |
| 妻
tsûma | my wife; wife |
| 家内
kânai | my wife (humble but bit old-fashioned) |
| ご主人
goshûjin | husband (out-group) /polite/ |
| 夫
ottô | my husband; husband |
| 主人
shûjin | my husband; head of the household |
| 知る
shiru /-u; shitta/ | find out [something], get to know |
| 知っている
shitte (i)ru | to know |
| 存じている
zonjite (i)ru | to know /humble-polite/ |
| ご存じだ
gozonji da | to know; [you+] know/honorific-polite/ |
| 日系人
niḱkèijin | person of Japanese ancestry |
| 日本人
Nihonjin/Nipponjin | Japanese person
(2 ways - second way is more common when speaking or comparing country internationally) |
| 林
Hayashi | /Family name (forest)/ |
| 来ている
kite (i)ru | have come; be coming (all the time) |
| いらして
irâshite | (short/alt form of irashatte) to be / go / come (honorific-polite) |
| ずっと前
zuttó màe | way before, long ago |
| ずっと
zuttô | all along, all the way; far (with space/time words) |
| 受付
uketsuke | receptionist (or receptionist area/desk) |
| 所
tokoro | place, location, point |
| （お）客
kyakû | guest; visitor; customer |
| 客さん・客様
(o)kyakusan / okyakusama | guest; customer (polite-honorific) |
| 待っている、待ってる
(matte (i)ru) | be waiting |
| している、してる
(shité (i)rù) | be doing |
| kiku /-u; kiita/ | listen, hear [something] |
| 聞いている、聞いてる
(kiite (i)ru) | be listening; be hearing |
| 会議室
kaígishitsù | a conference room |
| 話す
hanasu /-u; hanashita/ | to talk, speak |
| 先生と話す
(sénsèi to hanâsu) | talk with a/the teacher |
| 話している
hanashite (i)ru | be talking |
| 見ている、見てる
(mite (i)ru) | be looking at |
| 借りる
kariru /-ru; karita/ | borrow; rent (from someone) /direct-style/ |
| 友達から借りる・友達から借りる
tomodachi kara kariru / tomodachi ni kariru | borrow from a friend (2 ways to say) |
| 貸す
kasu /-u; kashita/ | lend; rent (to someone) /direct-style/ |
| 友達に貸す
tomodachi ni kasu | lend to a friend |
| 生
-sei | counter for generations / generations settled abroad |
| 一世
is-sei | 1st generation (emigrant overseas) |
| 二世
nî-sei | 2nd generation (child of an emigrant) |
| 三世
sán-sèi | 3rd generation (grandchild of emigrant) |
| 英国人
eíkòkujin | english (person) |
| イギリス人
igirisujin | British (person) |
| インド人
ińdojìn | Indian (Person from India) |
| 教室
kyoushitsu | classroom |
| 何人
naníjìñ | what nationality? |
| 韓国人
kankokujin | Korean (person) |
| 中国人
chuugokujin | Chinese (person) |
| 教科書
kyoúkàsho | textbook |
| 何世
nân-sei | what generation emigrant? |
| 友達と話す
tomodachi to hanasu | speak with a friend |
| 十日前
tóoka màe | 10 days ago |
